Coooombe Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Anyone have any preference between Victoria halls and Buchanan view? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Anyone have any preference between Victoria halls and Buchanan view? I stayed in Unite's (if that's what they are still called) place in Yorkhill and they were fairly decent. Rent was resonable too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Leyenda Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 I've just emailed victoria halls to see about accommodation, hopefully it wont be full as i cant be arsed travelling every day. No it won't be full, there were plenty of empty flats when we stayed, in fact I think they had a whole block empty. I'll give you some advice though (I'm presuming you're a first year - if you're not ignore all this). You just applying by yourself - ie not with a group of mates, as Victoria halls is designed more for people in 2nd year who want to stay in halls instead of a flat, but in the same place as all their mates. ie when I moved in I was with three friends, we applied for a flat of four, not for individual rooms, as we were all staying together. However, if you move by yourself they will put you in a flat with other people(you're not gonna get a whole flat to yourself), but generally its either foreign students or loners who basically are in their 2nd and 3rd year at uni but have no mates to actually go and live with. Explain to them who you are, you're in 1st year, you want to make friends etc, and they'll probably make an effort to put you with folk who are like minded, first years, folk wanting to make friends and do what freshers should be doing (drinking and shagging). Or even if say two friends are moving in to a flat of 4, they'll stick you with them at least, as they don't want you getting lonely, being billy no mates, and wanting to move home halfway through the year. Also, find out the day everyone moves into Caley Court(rory89 will be able to tell you since he's moving in), and head down on the first night they've all moved in(its literally about 200 yards away), as its parties galore and you won't be out of place walking in by yourself as no-one knows anyone anyway, and there'll be folk from your course there so you'll meet them. Just turn up with a six pack (beer, there's no need to work out), and fucking have it. Or even arrange to meet folk from this forum - don't for the life of you miss out on the caley court parties, huge mistake. Best advice I can give to anyone going into halls by the way - is the same advice I got given, and I thought it was wierd at the time but realised it was genius. Every person you get talking to, once you've chatted for about 5 mins and think they're pretty sound, get their phone number, even if its a bloke and you think it sounds a bit gay asking for a bloke's number you don't know - just say "here mate you'll have to give me your number." Trust me, next day, I woke up to about 50 texts from folk saying "party at our flat tonight", "anyone fancy a pint?", "away to find where the supermarket is - you fancy coming?" and within a few days you've made about 50 best friends. Its the best way to get popular, and most of them folk are still my best mates now. Oh, and make sure you move in on the first day you can (its usually a thursday), don't wait till the weekend and move in then. You'll make 90% of your friends on the first night. Trust me, I seen so many people move in a couple of days later who then complained they hardly knew anyone outside of their flat or course. Aw shit I wish I was going into first year again....instead I'm going to a new uni, entering in 3rd year where the whole class will already have made friends. Just not gonna be the same. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coooombe Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 (edited) No it won't be full... ...Just not gonna be the same. Thanks for that mate, really helpful! You said about victoria halls being full of loners, is buchanan view any different? And im going to strathclyde uni, i presume there will be something similar going on there? Cheers mate. Edited August 7, 2009 by Coooombe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC_GJS Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Edinburgh Uni anyone? Me. I'm doing Civil Engineering there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraser_smfc Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Best advice I can give to anyone going into halls by the way - is the same advice I got given, and I thought it was wierd at the time but realised it was genius. Every person you get talking to, once you've chatted for about 5 mins and think they're pretty sound, get their phone number, even if its a bloke and you think it sounds a bit gay asking for a bloke's number you don't know - just say "here mate you'll have to give me your number."Trust me, next day, I woke up to about 50 texts from folk saying "party at our flat tonight", "anyone fancy a pint?", "away to find where the supermarket is - you fancy coming?" and within a few days you've made about 50 best friends. Its the best way to get popular, and most of them folk are still my best mates now. Oh, and make sure you move in on the first day you can (its usually a thursday), don't wait till the weekend and move in then. You'll make 90% of your friends on the first night. Trust me, I seen so many people move in a couple of days later who then complained they hardly knew anyone outside of their flat or course. That's good advice LL thanks. I was given a wee piece of advice last night along those lines. I was told not to see my friends from High School for a few days so that I get to know my flatmates/those in my building really well first. Because they are the people you will do the most things with and it's best to get to know them first. You don't want to miss going out with your flatmates while you feel you have to see your old friends then the next morning it's like, "Aw remember when this happened last night?" And everyone laughs and you end up feeling left out of the loop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coooombe Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 That's good advice LL thanks. I was given a wee piece of advice last night along those lines. I was told not to see my friends from High School for a few days so that I get to know my flatmates/those in my building really well first. Because they are the people you will do the most things with and it's best to get to know them first. You don't want to miss going out with your flatmates while you feel you have to see your old friends then the next morning it's like, "Aw remember when this happened last night?" And everyone laughs and you end up feeling left out of the loop. I was told that too, but most of my friends for schoola re travelling rather than staying in accommodation so that shouldn't be much of a problem. Out of interest, where is it you are staying? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraser_smfc Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 I was told that too, but most of my friends for schoola re travelling rather than staying in accommodation so that shouldn't be much of a problem.Out of interest, where is it you are staying? Dundee. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accies1 Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 I'm game.On a different note my twin brother is living in Glasgow, and we arranging a big party for our 20th on the 25th of October. People he knows from uni will be going, as will mates from Edinburgh we both know, and providing I manage to make any mates at Caley they would also be invited. The conclusion is, anyone reading this who's going to Caley Court, let's be 'aving you. I'm being serious btw, can't beat a good party, even if you don't know the folk So I'll be expecting a pm nearer the time B) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Dundee. Lively place for the student. One of my mates went up there to study last year and is having the time of his life, really came out of his shell too. Wee slut. He stayed in halls last year and they've moved into their own flat for this year. We'll be crashing there tomorrow night after the game. The Union was good and the atmosphere too. I'll probably be up again later in the year, I'll buy you a drink on the cheap night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Leyenda Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Thanks for that mate, really helpful! You said about victoria halls being full of loners, is buchanan view any different? I dunno to be honest, as like I say most folk I know who move into either halls move in with mates. But Buchanan view is bigger, and its a bit more social in that you can do down and play pool etc or watch tv in the common area, so you're likely to meet more folk that way, whereas Victoria Hall doesn't have that and the only place you'll meet anyone is either if someone has a party, the lifts, or in the little room where everyone does their washing (there's a trick to getting your washing done for free - if you move in PM me and I'll tell you it). Think you're better off going to Buchanan view to be honest - at least go and have a look round them both, the rooms etc, and chat to the folk at reception, even ask what sort of flatmates you can expect to be paired with (not being racist, but you don't want foreign flatmates for two reasons. 1 - they're usually in 4th year, so are gonna be too busy to socialise too much, not like the easy peasy fresher's timetable. 2 - they tend to only hang about with people from their own country who they're comfortable with and who make them less home sick, and the uni usually lays on special foreign parties for them and they'll join clubs designed for foreign students which keeps them busy) and see who you get a better vibe off of. If you're going to Strathclyde, another place to consider is blackfriars (think thats the name), its pretty close to Strathclyde and is run by UNITE too. You've plenty of time to go and visit them all anyway and decide. Its a big decision moving out for the first time so you want to get it right - even though I loved caley court and the first couple of days were brilliant, even then I was a bit homesick for the first week until I settled in, because its not quite home yet, and your mates are phoning and texting you to see how you're getting on and you start missing them. And im going to strathclyde uni, i presume there will be something similar going on there?Cheers mate. Can you not get into strathclyde halls? They're generally pretty big compared to Caley's, and in fact they have first year halls, second year halls and even third year ones I think. If they're saying you live too close or something, wait until the last minute and apply again and see if there's any spaces. People will aplly for accomodation but then not get the exam results they expected, so they'll free up a space. If not yeh the parties should be the same, try and find out their moving in date too and head down. Good website for all freshers to use, I dunno how popular it is now, but I used to use www.newstudent.org in the year before I went to Uni. It was good for speaking to folk who were on the same course as you etc, and finding out where they're staying etc. I'll bet you anything Caley Court is party central apart from my bit which will be all Indians apart from me, who've paid thousands to go there and don't want to blow it with partying and drinking. In Caley court, all the foreign students get put into flats with the "home" students if you will, because the whole uni experience is supposed to be about diversity and living and working with people from different backgrounds. Therefore, in a general flat of six, it'll be 3 boys, 3 girls, and one of the students will be foreign. They'll also try and mix mature students and young ones (unless the mature ones have specifically asked to be put with other mature ones). I was the mature one in our flat being 23, but probably went out clubbing more than the lot of them. If your 3 girls are hot then you're in luck because you'll be living with gorgeous girls for a year. I had a pretty sweet looking 17 year old girl who was gorgeous when she was dressed up for clubbing etc but became more like my little sister rather than someone I'd fancy, a 22 year old who wasn't too bad (my mate fancied her like crazy though), and another girl who was actually a season ticket holder at Tynecastle who wasn't too bad looking but was a bit of a geek and didn't really bother coming out with us much. Then had a bloke who was a Celtic season ticket holder and a Spanish guy who by the end of the year I'd turned into an Aberdeen fan, he even came up to Pittodrie with me and bought the strip from the club shop. Could talk all day about how wierd that flat was though, but it was entertaining at least. That's good advice LL thanks. I was given a wee piece of advice last night along those lines. I was told not to see my friends from High School for a few days so that I get to know my flatmates/those in my building really well first. Because they are the people you will do the most things with and it's best to get to know them first. You don't want to miss going out with your flatmates while you feel you have to see your old friends then the next morning it's like, "Aw remember when this happened last night?" And everyone laughs and you end up feeling left out of the loop. Yep, day I moved in, the Hearts ST holder from above came in, dumped her stuff,and went home and didn't move in until the Sunday. She spent her year hanging about with her friends who lived in another block. The rest of us all went looking for the parties together. After an hour, one of the guys was like "Right I'm away to Glasgow Uni to see my mates" and off he went, and he basically missed out on making friends with everyone. One of the first guys I met had just travelled from Northern Ireland, and in a flat of six, four of them hadn't moved in yet, and the other one who had wanted to stay in her room all night unpacking. So this guy sat in his room for an hour, gutted that he's spent so long waiting to move into halls only for the first night to be shit, in the end he thought "f**k it", grabbed some beer and decided to go party hopping by himself. He said I was the first guy who started speaking to him, and he just latched onto our group, so everywhere we went we took him with us, he ended up making a shitload of mates that his flatmates didn't. But aye, you only get one chance at fresher's week, don't blow it. You can go visit your mates anytime. Fucking hell my posts are like bloody essays. I think I'm more excited about you lot going to uni than you are. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraser_smfc Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Lively place for the student. One of my mates went up there to study last year and is having the time of his life, really came out of his shell too. Wee slut. He stayed in halls last year and they've moved into their own flat for this year. We'll be crashing there tomorrow night after the game. The Union was good and the atmosphere too. I'll probably be up again later in the year, I'll buy you a drink on the cheap night. Cheers VT I'll hold you to it. LL your advice is absolutely brilliant, if you do have any more for us freshers then do keep it coming. It is very much appreciated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coooombe Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Thats me booked into Blackfriars, anyone else going there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Best advice I can give to anyone going into halls by the way - is the same advice I got given, and I thought it was wierd at the time but realised it was genius. Every person you get talking to, once you've chatted for about 5 mins and think they're pretty sound, get their phone number, even if its a bloke and you think it sounds a bit gay asking for a bloke's number you don't know - just say "here mate you'll have to give me your number."Trust me, next day, I woke up to about 50 texts from folk saying "party at our flat tonight", "anyone fancy a pint?", "away to find where the supermarket is - you fancy coming?" and within a few days you've made about 50 best friends. Its the best way to get popular, and most of them folk are still my best mates now. My friend did that on Freshers Week at Glasgow, and despite us going into 3rd year after the summer, she still gets texts all the time from folk she doesn't know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I took Advance Higher Chemistry before doing 1st year uni Chemistry and there were a lot of similarities and it did help but I would say that getting what you need to get into uni should be your priority next year. And if not taking Advanced Higher History will help get the other Highers, I'd drop it. If you really want to be prepared for you go, do a bit of reading in your spare time. Uni's not as tough as some people imagine it. I got better results at uni than I did at school. AH Chemistry certainly helped with first year of uni, as did the Physics and Maths which were both in as compulsory electives (as stupid as that sounds). With regard to halls, Halls (PG) were a great idea as it helped meet people (I knew no-one in Edinburgh), and we all moved into a house after Christmas because the accommodation (in the best halls) was still quite shit and the cheap mattress and plastic desk chair hurt your back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushroom Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Who's all going to Glasgow then? Anyone else going to Murano Street? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-FFC Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Anyone going to Heriot Watt by any chance? I'm feeling like i'm going to be all alone on freshers ! Also 17 on freshers week? Will it be much of a problem? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddie06smfc Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Is anyone doing/done Applied Maths? That the course I'm lloking to apply for next year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Leyenda Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Anyone going to Heriot Watt by any chance? I'm feeling like i'm going to be all alone on freshers ! Also 17 on freshers week? Will it be much of a problem? Try and get yourself some fake id. Can't speak for Edinburgh, but Glasgow is strict on ID especially for students and especially in fresher's week. When is it you turn 18? My flatmate in first year was 17 for most of first year, didn't turn 18 until February. She tried to come out with us one night, got refused entry, and lost all her confidence and never bothered trying again until she was legal - was a total waste of first year. Not wanting to put a downer on you, but I always advise 17 year olds to take a gap year then start their course when they're 18. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-FFC Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Try and get yourself some fake id. Can't speak for Edinburgh, but Glasgow is strict on ID especially for students and especially in fresher's week.When is it you turn 18? My flatmate in first year was 17 for most of first year, didn't turn 18 until February. She tried to come out with us one night, got refused entry, and lost all her confidence and never bothered trying again until she was legal - was a total waste of first year. Not wanting to put a downer on you, but I always advise 17 year olds to take a gap year then start their course when they're 18. November, so not too bad! I'm in the process of tryin to find some lucky get who looks like me enough that I can borrow their ID ! But nobodies lucky enough LOL! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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